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M&A deals ramp up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability-related risks and opportunities have a financial impact. 44% are also motivated by regulatory requirements. The EMEA (57%) and APAC (55%) regions rank regulation requirements much more prominently than in the Americas (19%). Modern slavery ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... this role extended to cover the Continental Europe team, whereby Easton consolidated the teams to become the director for EMEA before taking over as senior director, leading global signatory relations since October 2022. "With Cambria joining the PRI ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of its Sustainable Investment Institute. Hazra, who is based in London, was previously director of ESG Research at Invesco EMEA where he led implementation of a global net zero investment research framework, developed processes for compliance with Articles ...

Energy insecurity won't halt green transition: Northern Trust Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... short term, but their importance in the medium term is strengthened," said Northern Trust AM chief investment strategist, EMEA and APAC Wouter Sturkenboom. "Regionally, you can tell that there are differences. The green transition is more developed in ...

ESG tops inflation, rate hikes as key priority for fixed income investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... prioritisation for ESG integration - 44% of North American respondents view ESG integration as the top priority, while 38% of EMEA respondents cited ESG and 36% of APAC respondents did so. SSGA head of investments, Australia Jonathan Shead, pointed out ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Robeco has issued its global climate survey report, which sampled the views of 300 institutional and wholesale investors in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific ranging in size from less than US$1 billion to more than US$1 trillion in assets under management. ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... development and investor education initiatives. Shimada is currently working for J.P. Morgan Asset Management in London as a EMEA sustainable investing strategist, and will be relocating to Hong Kong for the new role. She joined JPMAM in 2010 and has ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... previously worked in senior counsel and legal roles across the UK and Australia, including as regulatory counsel for APAC and EMEA at State Street Bank, and as an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct ...

Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... redesigned to include ESG criteria using the R-Factor approach. State Street will also look to develop a similar solution in EMEA and Asia Pacific, including Australia. "We will also launch a registered version of the fund so that US mutual fund clients ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... especially in the time of economic difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic," KHFC said. By geography, 92% of orders were from EMEA and a broad range of high-quality investors from 13 different European countries anchored the book. In terms of the breakdown ...